Overview

• The episode airs June 2 at 22:20 Uhr on ARD with live streaming and on-demand viewing in the ARD Mediathek
• Guests Karl Lauterbach (SPD), Gregor Gysi (Die Linke) and Roland Koch (CDU) will debate whether the coalition is setting the right social and defense priorities
• Commentators Jörg Pilawa, Mariam Lau and Georg Restle will offer media perspectives on the government’s shifting agenda
• The Monday broadcast replaces “Hart aber fair” during its hiatus and reflects Maischberger’s summer expansion to three weekly episodes
• Discussion will centre on the CDU-SPD coalition’s balance of budget allocations between welfare initiatives and military spending